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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the creatures do?
(a) Begin singing and dancing
(b) They show Weston and Devine through a door in the wall
(c) Jump up and down trying to reach the men
(d) Bare their teeth and growl

2. Why does Ransom becomes depressed as they enter Malacandra's atmosphere?
(a) He feels powerless to help himself
(b) The light dims and the darker atmosphere depresses him
(c) He believes that his possible death is nearer
(d) He finally believes he'll never see earth again

3. Why does Ransom think he feels so good?
(a) The food is very good
(b) Because the mysteries of space are being revealed to him
(c) It is a great adventure he's having
(d) He's still alive even though he's in space

4. Why does Ransom think about suicide?
(a) He is depressed
(b) He figures he could mess up Devine's plan if he was dead
(c) He thinks it would be better than death at the hand of some terrible beast
(d) He's very home sick and fears he'll never see earth again

5. When the ship enters Malacandra's orbit how does Ransom feel upon wakening?
(a) His fear becomes almost invigorating to him
(b) As if life has completely changed for him
(c) Disoriented and groggy
(d) That his death is imminent

6. What is an hnakra and its relationship to the hross?
(a) A type of land animal similar to a leopard
(b) The animal the hross uses to herd their domestic animals
(c) An hnakra is another intelligent creature who act as teachers and nursemaids to the hross' children
(d) The sea creature who attacked Weston and Devine, the hross hunt hnakra

7. Who surrounds Ransom as they walk into the hross's home village?
(a) Small, furry animals who remind Ransom of dogs
(b) Armed hross who take him to a prison
(c) Hross children and other adult hross
(d) The women of the hross

8. What happens to the temperature of the ship as they enter the gravity of Malacandra?
(a) The temperature stays the same
(b) The temperature changes intemittently from hot to cold
(c) The temperature drops
(d) It becomes hotter

9. As they land, what does Random come to believe about planets?
(a) That they are accidents of the cosmos
(b) That they are alive and welcoming
(c) They all have human life
(d) That planets are dull, lifeless islands in space

10. When Weston confirms that Ransom is on a spaceship, Ransom is overcome with:
(a) forboding
(b) elation
(c) anger
(d) fear

11. What does Weston and Devine do when they finish eating?
(a) Carry the chairs to the hut
(b) Wash up in the water
(c) They push Ransom closer to the edge of the water
(d) Clear the table

12. How does Ransom feel when he finds out he is in space?
(a) Indifferent
(b) Surprised and shocked.
(c) Excited
(d) Happy

13. What is all over the ground on the planet?
(a) Green slime
(b) A pinkish foliage
(c) Red and gold leaves
(d) Black moss

14. After Devine questions Ransom, what does he learn?
(a) Ransom is on a walking tour, of which no one knows
(b) Ransom lives down the street from the Rise
(c) Ransom plans to retire and write a book on Swahili
(d) Ransom quit his job at Cambridge

15. How does Ransom feel when Weston and Devine open the manhole?
(a) Frightened at the thought of leaving the ship
(b) Excited to be on a far away planet
(c) Impatient to get out and see the planet
(d) Homesick for earth

Short Answer Questions

1. The second man, who is an accomplice to the man in question #4 and who is a physicist.

2. At the location in question #3, Ransom meets a former schoolmate whose name is:

3. What does Ransom do first after he arrives at the village?

4. What does the sky on Malacandra look like when they embark?

5. How does Ransom spend his time during the next few weeks?

(see the answer keys)

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